Seed-planter and fertilizer-distributer.



No. 687,399. Patented Nov. 26, |90l.

G. W. GOODWIN.

SEED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

(Applicaltionled Apr. 6. 1901.)

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GEORGE WASHINGTON GOODWIN, OF SIMPSONVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SEED-PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,399, dated November 26, 1901.

Application filed April 6, 1901. Serial No. 54,745. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WASHINGTON GOODWIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Simpsonville, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Seed-Planter and Fertilizer-Distributer, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in seed-planters and fertilizer-distributers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of combined seedplanters and fertilizerdistributers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable one which will be positive and regular in its operation and which will prevent clogging and insure a constant flow ofthe seed or fertilizer.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a seed-planter and fertilizer-distributer constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse. sectional View; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of a portion of the oscillatory shoe, illustrating the construction of the agitator.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a beam supported at its front portion by a tappet-wheel 2, arranged to -run on the ground and supported by a bearingframe 3, consisting of a pair of approximately U-shaped loops secured at their inner sides to one of the faces of the beam and provided at the lower terminals of their sides with registering perforations for the reception of an axle 4, upon which the ground or tappet wheel 2 is mounted. The wheel 2 is provided at one of its sides with an annular series of tappets 5, arranged at regular intervals and adapted to successively engage and flex a resilient arm 6, secured to the lower face of an oscillatory shoe 7 and extending forward from the front end of the same, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. The oscillatory shoe, which is pivotally mounted within a stirrup 8, tapers toward its rear end, which extends between a pair of handle-bars 9, secured to the rear end of the beam and arranged in the usual manner, the shoe being adapted to operate between the handle'bars and not requiring any change in the construction of the latter. The stirrup, which is approximately U -shaped, is cornposed of a horizontal bottom portion and vertical sides, which extend upward from the bottom portion andwhich have their upper ends bent outward at an inclination to couform to the configuration of the sides of a hopper ll and secured to the same, whereby the latter is supported in an elevated position above the beam, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The bottom portion of the stirrup is disposed transversely and is secured to the upper face of the beam, and the hopper, which is of the ordinary configuration, is also supported by an inclined brace l2, extending upward and rearward from the beam l to the frontwall Of the hopper. The oscillatory shoe, which is located beneath the bottom of the hopper, is mounted on a transverse pivot 13, extending across a shoe; but any other suitable means may be employed for pivoting the sides of the shoe to the sides of the stirrup or Ibracket 8.

The planter and distributer is specially designed for distributing fertilizer and for planting oats, and when the tappet-wheel rotates forwardly the front end of the resilient rod orarm is fiexed and when released springs backward quickly and agitates the shoe sufiiciently to discharge its contents into a tube or spout 14. This effect is materially increased by a bowed spring 15, arranged at the front of the shoe and extending upward therefrom, as clearly shown in Fig. l. The ends of the spring are secured to the front of the shoe at opposite sides thereof, and the top of the spring bears against the hopper, which is preferably provided with suitable projections 16; but the bowed spring may be engaged with the hopper in any other suitable manner. When the front end of the oscillatory shoe is raised by the flexing of the resilient arm or rod, the bowed spring is also flexed, and it is adapted to assist in throwing the front end of the shoe downward quickly. The shoe is arranged at a slight inclination, and this continuous sudden vibratory motion IOO is adapted to discharge its contents into the spout or tube 14. The discharge spout or tube is mounted at the rear end of the beam and is preferably secured to the same, and its lower portion'is located in the rear of a pair of standards 17, which is designed to be provided With a suitable shovel for opening afurrow, and covering-blades maybe connect-A ed with the standards in the usual manner. The Iiow of the material is regulated by an adjustable cut-off 18, mounted on the rear wall of the hopper and extending downward into the shoe, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. The cut-off is preferably slotted and is secured in its adjustment by a bolt 19 or other suitable fastening device. In order to prevent the oats or other material from clogging the discharge-opening at the bottom of the hopper, an agitator 2O is provided, and itconsists of an approximately L-shaped piece extending rearward from the front of the shoe and projecting vertically into the bottom ofthe hopper. This L-shaped agitator may be mounted on the front of the shoe in any suitable manner and it may, as illustrated in Fig. 4, be provided with a double U-shaped bend 2l, the inverted portion of the bend straddling the front wall of the shoe and the other portion being arranged at the front face of the shoe and secured to the front wall by bolts or other suitable fastening devices.

It will be seen that the combined seedplanter and fertilizer-distributer is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is especially adapted for planting oats, as it is capable of preventing the same from clogging the discharge-opening of the bottom of the hopper. Furthermore, it will be apparent that the vibratory shoe is oscillated with sufficient force to discharge its contents into the spout or tube and that it is adapted to operate between the handle:

bars, that the combined sceder and dist-ributer may be readily thrown out of gear by simply pulling backward on the handle-bars to throw the front end of the resilient rod or arm beyond the path of the tappets, and that it may be readily arranged for operation by depressing the rear end of the shoe sufficiently to carry the resilient arm or stem into position to be engaged by the said tappets.

What I claim isl. The combination with a beam, and a tappet-wheel, of a stirrup mounted on the beam, a hopper supported by the stirrup, and an oscillatory shoe pivotally mounted between the sides of the stirrup, and provided with a resilient arm extending forward to the tappet-wheel and adapted to be engaged by the tappets thereof, said arm being adapted to be swung downward out of the path of the tappets by the backward movement of the tappet-wheel and being also adapted to remain in such position until moved forward by the operator, substantially as described.

2,. The combination with a beam, and a tappet-wheel, of a hopper, and an oscillatory,

shoe located in rear of the tappet-wheel and provided with an arm extending foward to the tappet-wheel and held in the path of the tappets by the forward movement of the wheel and being swung out of such position by the backward movement of the Wheel, said arm being adapted to remain out of such engagement until moved forward by the operator,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

latory shoe mounted within the stirrup and provided with an arm extending downward and arranged to be engaged by the tappetwheel, and a bowed spring mounted upon the front end of the shoe and arranged to engage the hopper, substantially as described.

5. The combination with a beam, and a tappet-wheel, of a stirrup mounted on the beam,

a hopper supported by the stirrup, an oscillatoryshoe pivotally mounted within the stirrup and provided with an arm extending downward` to the tappet-wheel and arranged to be engaged by the same, abrace arranged at the front of the hopper and secured to the same and the beam, projectionsarranged at opposite sides of the brace and extending from the hopper, and a bowed spring mounted on the hopper and engaging the projections, substantially as described.

6. The combination with a beam, and a tappet-wheel, of a hopper, a pivotally-mounted shoe located beneath the hopper and having an arm arranged to be engaged by the tappetwheel, and an agitator mounted on the shoe and extending upward through the bottom of the hopper, substantially as described.

7. The combination with ahopper, andavibratory shoe, of an agitator mounted on the shoe and carried by the same and extending "into the bottom of the hopper, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence ol' two witnesses.

GEORGE WASHINGTON GOODWIN.

Witnesses:

S. T. MOORE, B. W. BURDETT.

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